We spied this pair of alpacas on a walk from Embsay, near Skipton (see the sheep hiding in the dip?).

As a writer it’s quite challenging to try and be different. Years ago I was in sales and marketing for a few years and learnt about identifying USPs. I quite liked what my HNS reviewer said: “The element that sets Ms Fisher’s work apart from other romantic historical fiction is her concern with the social issues of the period…period romance with a bit of substance, but never heavy and boring.” (review of Rose Glace).

​In my Regency Master Series, you therefore won’t be surprised to find political themes woven around the central romance. A MASTER OF SPECULATION has a radical former naval captain taking action to prevent the execution of one of Napoleon’s former marshals, A MASTER OF INDUSTRY has a wealthy earl developing a conscience about employment of children in mills. Watch out for A MASTER OF LITIGATION, due out in May, which has a conventional barrister using his role in court to question the government’s repression of the people.